Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	death_n	die_v	life_n	5,110	5	5.0778	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04962	The soules lamentations, and loue to God Preces & lachrymae. Dumps and teares of repentance.	B. L., fl. 1614.	1614 (1614)	STC 15104; ESTC S100180	29,046	153

bodie pined by reason of my sinne I haue fasted and watched and praied and wept and confessed and craued pardon many times carefullie zealouslie vehementlie and haue receiued comfort conceiued hope of thy constant spirit and yet my sinne remaineth O vile wretch O slaue of sinne O drudge of transgression O vassall of Satan that I am what shall I doe whither shall I flie to whome shall I resort for deliuerance If I say vnto my bodie doe not yéeld it resisteth If I say to my soule be not ouercome it denieth I am wholie euill and there is no good thing in me And yet my soule is more abhominable then this for it flattereth me as though it would be obedient to thy spirit oh God but it dissēbleth with me It is a very hypocrite in nothing constant in nothing stedfast but in hypocrisie and in deceipt it promiseth and it performeth not Why art thou so wicked oh my soule why art thou so false vnto me why dost thou suffer Satan thine enemie murderer to poyson thée and so to kill thée Oh miserable soule why wilt thou dye oh Iesus my life why am I departed from thée Oh Iesus come vnto me whom my soule loueth One depth calleth another the depth of misery the depth of mercy My misery is déepe but thy mercie is bottomlesse I know no end therof What then be of good cheere my soule go seeke thy sauiour follow after him Thy sinnes are many and thou canst not number them they are heynous and odious and thou canst not esteeme the abhomination of them but he hath numbred them and he knoweth their quality and his mercies are without number measure Infinite and not definite to any persons thou art not excepted to any times this day thou shalt be accepted as it is written At what time soeuer c. oh put thy trust in God and in the mercie of the most high thou shalt not miscarry he is the helpe of thy countenance and thy God Trust to him rest in him depend vpon him follow after him wrestle with him pray vnto him and leaue him not till hee bestow a blessing till he change thy heart and make it new be not faint neither forgetfull without him thou shalt haue no rest and in him thou shalt find rest and ease and comfort and ioy and eternall life and euerlasting felicitie thou knowest my Soule when thou art with him thou art quiet and glad because of the light of his countenance whē thou art from him thou art sad because thou art from thy ioy Oh séeke thy Redéemer forget not thy Sauiour his mercie is thy life oh life grant mercie Oh Christ saue I am a Leaper if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane I am the Publican oh Lord bee mercifull vnto me a sinner a great sinner a grieuous sinner the chiefe of sinners Truth oh truth oh faithfull and true oh swéet Iesu who hath néed of thy mercie as I haue Thou canst not bestow it on a more néedy begger One drop of thy mercie swéet Iesu sweet Iesu Amen Amen ¶ The dumpe or dampe of despaire whereout the sinner labouring pittifully complaineth and cryeth vnto Christ Iesus to be refreshed and comforted DAy by day haue I cryed vnto the Lord and in the night when I was waking I thought vpon his mercies and called for them For I saw the vglie shape and innumerable multitude of my sinnes crying vengeance day and night I perceiued I was afflicted my soule was heauie and my bodie pined away I cherished my flesh and it would not remaine it rotted and decayed For the anger of the Lord the indignation of the most high I brought my life down vnto the ground and my sorrows were encreased in my heart For I was pained within me and straightned in my owne bowels then spake I to the Almighty and sayd as the Prophet taught me When thou with rebukes doest chasten man for sinne thou makest his beautie to consume away as it were a moath fretting a garment I said My wounds stincke and are corrupt through my foolishnes and I said Thine arrowes sticke fast in me and thy hand presseth mee sore For I prayed daily and yet my sinne remained and the punishment of my sinne was hard vpon me The Almightie had couered his face with glorie and I was troubled I found no rest in my selfe no refuge in any creature Then I stood amazed in the presence of my God For I could not speake my sinnes were vnfolded and layed open in his sight he remembred them So I drew néerer and néerer vnto the pit and accompted my selfe among the wicked I was silent before the high Maiestie and most excellent glorie for I could not speake yea my heart wandred too and fro and I sought to hide me from his presence But it would not be The eye of iealouzie séeth all things and the eare of iealouzie heareth all things and my sinnes were bound vp in a bundle before him and the punishment for them lay sore vpon me Then I said againe Lord doest thou so correct thine own children Where shall the wicked appeare Surely they shall vanish away like smoake when thou appearest to them in glorie But I said of my selfe I am cast out of thy presence and I am numbred with the reprobate generation Neuerthelesse when I saw I could not lie hid neither could auoid the righteousnesse of the righteous Iudge neither yet was able to pacifie my vexed conscience because I found no meanes in my selfe to forsake mine owne iniquitie wherewith I am cloathed as with a cloake When I perceiued indéed and knew throughly the most poore wretched and miserable estate of my soule inclinable to no goodnes but most vehemently with might and maine striuing against it I came trembling vnto the Lord Iesus I made my complaint and powred out my supplication before him in this manner Oh Iesu Christ the onlie Sauiour annointed of the high God Lord of life of consolation and eternitie Redéemer of the world reconciler of man vnto God priest and mediatour for euer cloathed with the flesh of man to deliuer man from hell beneath Oh mercie and goodnesse and compassion it selfe thou makest friendship betwéene life and death mortalitie and immortality corruption and incorruption Heare me O Lord and cast me not away wherefore didst thou die but for sinners why didst thou come into the world but to saue sinners To what purpose didst thou deliuer thy selfe into the hands of sinners Was not this the cause of thy obedient life and cruell death the wretchednes of sinners Why then oh Iesu I am a sinner Why art thou absent from me Thou camst not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance call me then vnto thée and draw me For I cannot come of my selfe I cannot come when I am called except I bee drawen without thée I can doe nothing I cannot come vnto thée Call me draw me come for me I lie in the